Disinfecting waste-receptacle.



Patented Dec. I2, |8199.

M. J. WHITEHEAD.

DISINFECTING WASTE RECEPTACLE.

'Application filed Sept. 7, 1899.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOR,

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS` me mams evans co. PHoTcu1 -|o., WASHINGTON, n` c,

MARY J. VHITEHEAD, OF PATERSON, NEV JERSEY.

DISINFECTING WASTE-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,007, dated December 12, 1899. Application filed September 7,1899. Serial No. 729,694. (No model.)

T0 ctZZ whom t may] concern.-

Be it known that 1, MARY J. WHITEHEAD, a citizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disinfecting faste- Receptacles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descripthis nature wherein the garbage or refuse mayv be drained, so as to separate the liquid and solid substances previously to burn ing or ot-herwise destroying it.

The receptacle which I will hereinafter describe is especially adapted for use as an accessory of a sink, the object being to so dispose the vessel with regard to the sink that it may drain into the latter. dling of the refuse that collects in the sink will be reduced and rendered less objectionable.

The invention consists in the improved sanitary garbage-receptacle and in the combina tion and arrangement of the various parts, substantially as will be hereinafter pointed out, and nally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a View in side elevation, partly in .section7 of my improved garbage-receptacle;

and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of said receptacle with the cover thereof removed.

In said drawings, a and b designate two receptacles, the one being telescoped into the other. The receptacle a, the outer one, is

closed at the bottom and is supported on legs c. Near its bottom it is provided with a fau cet CZ, and its upper edge is rolled over to form a rounded riln, as at e, the receptacle being made of tin, sheet-iron, or other similar material. The receptacle Z9, which is formed of material similar to that of the receptacle a, is open at the bottom and has its upper edge formed in an outwardly-rolling rim or flan ge f for su p- Thus the hanporting the receptacle in the receptacle d. In order that the joint between the rims of the two receptacles may be air-tight, I provide a ring g, preferably formed of rubber and shaped to conform to the respective concave and convex surfaces of the two rims, said ring being adapted to rest upon the one and sustain the otherof said rims. rPhe bottom edge of the receptacle b is turned inwardly to form a ange h, and on this {iange rests the edge of a perforated body t', preferably consisting of wire-netting, the same being secured in place by means of an eXpansible split metallic ring j, which is i'irst contracted and then forced down into the receptacle against the edge of the netting, thus acting with the flange h to hold said netting in place.

In order to remove the receptacle a from the receptacle b, it is provided with a handle or ladle 7c, projecting outwardly from its upper rim or flangef.

The receptacle b is provided with a cover. Said cover consists of a hollow semispherical bodyZ and a substantially hollow and conical body m, both being preferably composed of sheet met-al and secured together, with the latter projecting into the former, by means of solder or rivets, as shown at n. The lower edge of the part Zis rolled outwardly to form a rim or seat, as at n, for the cover, while the lower portion of the part m is substantially cylindrical, being adapted to extend down into and approximately lit inside of the receptacle b.

o is a ring, being, like the ring g, preferably composed of rubber, which rests upon the rim or 4dange f and is adapted to sustain the rim n and to form a seal at this juncture.

The cover j ust described is provided with a handle p, which is mounted upon the top of the part Z.

In the chamber q, formed between the parts Z and m, I propose to place a disinfecting material, preferably a liquid, which disinfecting material may be introduced into the chamber q through a tap fr, provided in the wall of the part Z. The top of the conical body m is provided With an orifice, as s, whereby thefumes of the disinfectant may reach the interior of the receptacle b. By extending the conical part m well up into the part Zand placing the orifice s near the top thereof the disinfectant material cannot be readily dislodged from the chamber q through said orifice tis a bail that is pivotally secured to the outside of the chamber d by means of ears u, projecting from the latter.

In View of the foregoing it will be seen that I have not only provided a thoroughly sanitary and air-tight garbage-receptacle adapted for perfectly draining off the refuse placed therein, but that the construction of said receptacle is such that its parts may be removed from each other for the purpose ot cleaning, tr-c.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of two receptacles, the one being telescoped into and removably sustained in the other and provided with a perforated bottom wall, a discharge for the outer receptacle, a removable cover for the inner receptacle, said cover having formed therein a chamber for a disinfecting material and having an opening affording exterior communication to said chamber through its under side, said receptacles and the cover each having an exterior surrounding projection, a sealing-ring disposed between the projections of said receptacles and another sealing-ring disposed between the'projections of said inner receptacle and the cover, substantially as described.

2. The combination of two receptacles, the one being telescoped into and removably sustained in the other and provided with a perforated bottom wall, a discharge for the outer receptacle, a removable cover for the inner receptacle, said cover comprising a semispherical member and a conical member, the lat- Vter projecting into the former, forming there- 

